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October 06
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New comment on Ian's review of
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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James
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Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Part One: Millennium Approaches Part Two: Perestroika (Paperback)
by Tony Kushner
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read in October, 2008
James said:
"Even though I read this after having seen the HBO MOVIE EVENT, I think the original script adds a lot. There's some stuff, especially in Perestroika, that reasonably couldn't have been included in the HBO adaptation. It's also interesting to k...more
Even though I read this after having seen the HBO MOVIE EVENT, I think the original script adds a lot. There's some stuff, especially in Perestroika, that reasonably couldn't have been included in the HBO adaptation. It's also interesting to know which actors were originally designated to which roles: Hannah is supposed to be Roy's doctor, for instance. I'd love to see this staged.
But all comparisons aside, this is one fuckingly amazing, ambitious, wonderful piece of work. I know it's already been pretty much canonized, but I think that distinction will stick around for a long time....less
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James
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Masters of the Dew (Cws (Series).)
by Jacques Roumain
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read in October, 2008
James said:
"This is a cool little novel with its share of problems. It ends with an ultra-cheesy twist, and some of the characters are thin: the villain is almost mustache-twirlingly Evil. But it's a great investigation of Haitian society, and the way Roumain bl...more
This is a cool little novel with its share of problems. It ends with an ultra-cheesy twist, and some of the characters are thin: the villain is almost mustache-twirlingly Evil. But it's a great investigation of Haitian society, and the way Roumain blends first- and third-person narration is really interesting, especially given his culture's narrative tradition....less
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James
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You Are Not a Stranger Here: Stories (Paperback)
by Adam Haslett
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read in September, 2008
James said:
"These stories are gruesome and tender in a really hard-to-define way. My favorites, like "Notes for My Biographer," stretch reality and mess around with form. Even when the characters reach really bizarre extremes, of mania or depression or...more
These stories are gruesome and tender in a really hard-to-define way. My favorites, like "Notes for My Biographer," stretch reality and mess around with form. Even when the characters reach really bizarre extremes, of mania or depression or self-loathing, they are never unsympathetic. It's a great sample of what you can do with a short story, and it pushes "gay literature" in directions I really like. ...less
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September 28
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James
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The Promises of Glass (Paperback)
by Michael Palmer
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James said:
"I read this because of the poem "I Do Not Know," which I would give five stars. The rest of the book doesn't really do it for me. This guy's really talented and one could learn a lot from him if one were willing. I don't know. Maybe you'll
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James
is currently reading:
Hip Logic (National Poetry Series)
by Terrance Hayes
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James
is currently reading:
Selfwolf (Phoenix Poets Series)
by Mark Halliday
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James
marked as to-read:
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Hardcover)
by Junot Díaz
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New comment on Signe's review of
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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September 13
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James
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Hardcover)
by Gabriel García Márquez
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read in September, 2008
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